The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-29


Measures to Secure Payment in Fun and In
Cash.
III the round Of legislation the Senate used the
afternoon, yesterday, in amending the Barrett
Dill, which provides that every association, cor
poration, joint stock company, copartnership or
individual shall make full settlement with and
iuii payment IN money to its employees engaged
IN manual or mechanical labor, at least once
every week. The second section SAYS that a
failure to do so shall make the employers as
named liable to penalty of 81 for each day sue
ceedlng ten days of neglect to pay after the en-
ploye has made o demand for the wages due
him. But the material parts of the bill occur in
sections and a. the first of which makes
all debts due or owing to any such en-
ploye first lien on all the property owned or
controlled by the employers, which is the prod
uct or the labor OF any such employe in whole
or In part, or which is used in about the bust
ness In which such employe is engaged This
lien is to take precedence of all other debts.
judgments DEGREES, mortgages or liens and may
be collected out of such property. real and per-
sonal. In the same manner as mortgages
now foreclosed. The acceptance Of any duel bill
or note for the amount shall not deprive the en-
ploye OF the lien herein provided for
The fourth section reads that when property
OF the class of employers mentioned in the bill
passes into the hands of an assignee, trustee or
court OF this State, or Of the United States, or
where the business is suspended by the action of
creditors, or wherever such employers convey,
mortgage or otherwise dispose of it's or his prop
erty the debts owing to the laborers employees
thereof shall be first liens and considered pre-
ferred debts, and shall be first paid in full before
any other debts paid and if there be not suf-
hcient to pay them in full, then the same shall
be paid to them pro rata.
After some lmmaterial amendments except in
making the bill apply to all classes of labor and
services. whether manual or not, and excepting
a clause exemptng farmers, the bill went to en-
grossmaEt Along with it is carried Mr. Jewetts
House bill. which requires corporations and per-
sons engaged in all kinds of mining stone quar-
rying and in manufacturing of iron, STEEL lum-
ber lumber slaves, heading barrels, brick, tile,
machinery, agricultural or mechanical imple-
| ments or any article of merchandise, to pay en-
| poyes in full at least once every two weeks in
lawful money of the United States.
Section 9 makes it unlawful to pay for labor
| written or printed order unless it is redeema-
| bic at it's face value in lawful money of the
| United States with per cent interest. Sec
| ton makes 1t unlawful for the employers
| named to sell, directly indirectly. to any of
their employees any merchandise supplies at
| higher price than such merchandise or supplies
are sod by such corporation, company, associa-
| ton, firm or person to others for cash. A fail
| ure to pay under these requirements gives the
employe right to 90 per cent damages, and a vi
oation of any of the sections is to be treated
| misdemeanor, with fine Of not less than $50 nor
| more than $780,